Thread: In Memory of 09-11-2001

Originally Posted by canerunner

For those who have a problem with what America has done, just think through what would happen if it had been YOUR largest city, and almost 3000 of YOUR countrymen and women had died that day in an UNPROVOKED ATTACK from an enemy that HAS NO COUNTRY to defend.

Ilija's home town of Belgrade was in that same situation in 1999, 11 weeks of NATO air raids against Yugoslavia.

Nenad

I want to add here. I have lived my whole life in NYC.
I remember my Dad taking me when I was a kid to see the big hole in the ground and then several times to watch them going up. My dad died the year before and watching the buildings going down was crushing for me because it also reminded me of my dad. This has been a tragic event for the entire country but for New Yorkers it was right in our faces. I can remember that day as if it was yesterday and it still saddens me to think about it.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Huh? What "unbecoming treatment" are you talking about? Did I miss some comments that have been deleted? I don't consider his comments "out of line" at all, merely tacky. However, my rather mild statement of disagreement is hardly repression.

It was not directed to you, except to the extent that it supported the response to Ilya.

Originally Posted by urleebird

Joe...

How about starting your own thread on blind patriots. Thank you.

I'm sure you could do it much better than I.

Originally Posted by JLStorm

I cannot imagine feeling anything but pain and pride when I remember this day, and if you don't agree with me thats fine, just do me a favor and keep your political agendas to yourselves today.

I agree totally, and I apologize for detracting from that.

Wishing everybody much courage and strength on this 1st anniversary of 9/11. Know that the whole world is thinking of the victims and their families. The memorial service and reading of the victims' names is broadcast here live at the moment.
Lest we forget!

Today is hardly a day for politics. Today is a day of remembrance and remorse.

343.

Thank you, FDNY.

I'd also like to take a moment to thank all of the first responders, those among us who put themselves between us and the Dark. The people like Joe Chandler, for example... a police officer who is just an ordinary man who might be called upon at any instant to perform heroic deeds for someone he doesn't know.

Thank you, all the firefighters. Thank you all the policemen. Thank you all the paramedics, the search and rescue volunteers, the civilians who offer aid and comfort to victims and rescue workers alike. Thank you to the normal people of flight 93 who looked deep inside themselves and saw heroes staring back at them. Thank you soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who serve us all, whether we agree with the politics that sent you to wherever you might be or not. Thank you for the extraordinary in all of us ordinary citizens.

-- Gary F.

I'll never forget where I was on that day. It was my first week of university and I was up early to attend an 8:30am class. As the year rolled on, I usually chose to skip that one.

As I was walking in, I overheard someone say "World Trade Centre" in a conversation. I couldn't piece anything together from that, though. I was still half asleep, drinking an orange juice box and eating a granny smith apple.

Sitting in the back row of the old classroom with my head against the wall, a guy beside me turned and said, "Hey, did you hear about what's happening in the States?"

"No," I replied. "What?"

"They're under attack! 'They' hit the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon!"

I then understood what the people outside were talking about.

It was frightening news. When you hear it like that, you don't know what to think. I had been in New York City a few months prior to that, and can remember looking at the twin towers from atop the Empire State Building.

When I got back to my residence, everyone was crowded into the TV room and watching the coverage. A couple of girls were crying.

Twenty-four Canadians died in the towers and in the planes that day.

This attack touched the whole free world.
May we never forget. I know that I won't.


Terry

We have a tribute to our fallen soldiers here in Australia that is read on ANZAC day. In ends with

LEST WE FORGET

I don't think anyone will forget 9/11